Vehicle-wheel.



0. TREIBR. VEHICLE WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED JAILSI, 1908.

AU 1 9 1 2 2 m N d w m a D1 L T E E H 4 B T E E .H S 2 ATTORNEYS f :0. TREIER.

VEHICLE WHEEL. APPLIOAIION FILED JAN. 31, 1908. 976,71 0.. Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS 5 material.

plainly lllustrated in the drawings.

UNITED strains PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR mama, or NEW term, n. Y.

VEHICLlE-WHEEL.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I,-

city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved -Vehicle- VVhe'el, of which the following is a 'full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to rovide a new and improved vehicle whee ,"more especially designed for use on automobiles,

bicycles and other vehicles, and arranged to readily yield and cushion the vehicle.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims. A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawm s wh ich similar characters of reference indicate corresponding arts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a si e elevation-of the improvement, parts being in section; Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section of the same, on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a similar view of the same, on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a like view of the same, on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a pair of stop sections. Fig. 6 is a bottom plan view of the upper stop section. Fig. l is a transverse vertical section ofthe upper stop section and the tread plate, the section being on the line 77 of Fig. 3. Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8, of Fig. 1, Fig. 9 is a side elevation partly in section of a modified form of the lIll rovement, and, Fig. 10 is a similar view of another modified form of the improvement.

From-the .hub A of the vehicle wheel radiate the spokesB havin their reduced ends B fittin into sockets 0% riveted, bolted or otherwise gastened to the annular rim D, preferably made of metal or other suitable The tire for the rim D is formed of an annular tread E of rubber or alike material, and secured to flanged tread lates G by the use of bolts F countersunk low the peri heral surface ofthe tread 1 3,1 is

e tread plates G are connected with each other by links G and between the said treadplates G and the rim D are interposed cushioning devices, such as inflatable cham- 5 bers H, H, connected with each other by a OSCAR TREIER, a citi zen of Switzerland, and a resident of the a spoke B forming a part of this speclfication, in

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N0vf22, 1910. appncamniied January 3151908. seria1Ne.41e,5-o3.

pipe H one of the chambers (as shown, the chamber H) being provided with a suitable valve I, for connection with an air pump, to inflate the connected chambers ,H and H. As shown in the drawings, the chambers H and H engage adjacent tread plates G, the chamber-H being in. radial alinement with while its mate H extends between adjacent spokes, as will be readily understood by reference to Fi 1.

In order to protect the infiatable chambers H and H and to'limi't the outward expansion thereof, the following arrangement .is made: A stop J, shown more particularly in Fig. 5, is arranged between each pair of chambers H, H, each of the said stops being in the form of acup arranged transversely of the rim with a pair .of lugs The stops J are bolted or otherwise secured to the rim,D, the lugs J extending -outwardly above the side flanges D of the said rim. A stop K is arran ed between each pair of stops J, each oft e stops K inclosingthe upper end of one of the chambers H, H. The said stops K are bolted or otherwise secured to tread plates G, and each stop is provided with 'a circular opening in its upper face, and with a depending fian e. K the opening. The chamber l-I through the circular the inner face of the tread plate GI Each of the stop sections K is-provided at its ends with depending flanges K and each of the flanges is provided at its lower end with an inwardly extending lug or flange K for engagement by the lugs of a pair of stops J.

The pipe H connecting the adjacent chambers, passes throu h notches or recesses K in the side wa ls of the stop sections J, and the side walls of the said stop sections J are curved inwardly as shown in Fig. 8, to fit the walls of the chambers H, H.

The stop sect-ions prevent injury to the inflatable chambers, and at the same time they limit the outward or expanding movement of the chambers by engagement of the flanges K with the lugs J tions J as shown more particularly in Figs;- 3 and 5.

The flanges K ride on the outer faces of the side flanges D of the rim D, to'guide the said sections K in their movement.

or H extends opening and engages on the stop secencircling It will be observed that the stop sections consist each of cups, one of which incloses the other, so that the two sections comprise practically a chamber consisting of tele-' scopic sections. Sundry of the sections have their edges provided with stops.

Instead of v using cushioning devices in the form of inflatable chambersI-I and H, as described, use may be made of solid rubber blocks N, as shown in Fig. 8, or coiled springs O, as illustrated in Fig. 9, it being understood that the said cushioning blocks N or the said cushioning springs O arcincushioningdevice consisting of an inflatable chamber arranged between each tread plate and the rim, said'chambers being connected,

and; sundry of the chambers being provided with valves, a cup-shaped stop section encircling the outer end ofeach'of the inflatable chambers and abutting i against the tread plate, a stop section arranged between each pair of adjacent chambers, said first named sto section having flanges, and the last name stop section having lugsfor engaging theflanges of a pair of adjacent first-named sto sections, and a tire encircling the whee resting on the tread plates. 2. A vehicle wheel com rising a flanged rim, an annular series 0 connected tread plates arranged concentric with the rim, a cushioning evice arranged between each tread plate and the rim, a cup-shaped stop section inclosing the outer end of each of the cushioning devices, a stop section arranged between each pair of adjacent cushioning'devices, said last named sto J section having lugs for engaging a pair 0 the adjacent first named stop sections, and a tire seated on the tread lates.

' 3. A vehicle whee com rising a flanged rim, an annular series 0 connected tread plates concentric with the rim, a tire seated on the tread plates, a bolt securing "each tread plate to the tire, said tire being countersunk to receive the head of the bolt and the tread plate having an internally threaded boss for engagement by the bolt, a cushioning device between each tread plate, and the rim, astop section inclosing the outer end of each of said cushioning devices and a stop section arranged between the inner ends of the adjacent cushioning devices, said 'stopsections having interen aging stops "for imitingthe movement 0 the sections away from each other. v

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OSCAR TREIER. 

